Feculent receiver



(No Model.)

P. M. MILLER.

'FEGULENT RECEIVER.

No. 453,153. Patented May 26,1891.

WITNESSES. INVENTOR o2 E W A TTORNEY.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK M. MILLER, OF MORRISTOl/VN, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE IDEALSANITARY COMPANY OF NEW YORK.

FECULENT RECEIVER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 453,153, dated May 26,1891.

Application filed July 3, 1890. Serial No. 357,687. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK M. MILLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Morristown, in the county of Morris and State of New Jersey,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Feculent Receivers, whichimprovement is fully set forth in the following specification andaccompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in feculent receivers, and has forits object a device adapted to receive the drain or fiushings of thewater-closets and kitchensinks and separate the solid matter from theliquid thereof and deodorize and disinfect both. For this purpose itconsists of the combination of parts hereinafter set forth.

Figure 1 represents a longitudinal vertical section on line x 00, Fig.2, of a feculent receiver embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents aplan view thereof, the same being partly broken away.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the twofigures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a tank, box, or other receptaclehaving a pipe 13 leading thereinto from a watercloset,

kitchen, or other sink, and through an opening 0 into a removablereceiver D, in which is a wall, partition, or diaphragm E, forming thechambers D D said receiver D being placed in the tank A. The diaphragm Eis partly perforated, especially in the lowerportion, and the wall F ofthe receiver D is perforated, especially in its upper portion.

In the chamber D of the receiver may be placed gravel or other materialfor prevent ing the escape of grease or other offal from the receiverthrough the wall E into the tank. To further prevent the escape fromthis end of the tank of any of the solid matter, a diaphragm orpartition G is constructed, form ing a chamber A, said partitionextending from top to bottom of the tank and having a perforated lowerhalf and an upper solid portion, so as to retain the light greasyparticles but permit the fluid to escape into the absorbent anddisinfectant chamber H, which is between the diaphragm G and thepartition J. "Within the said chamber is located a pan K, adapted tomove in vertical guides L on theinner sides of the tank and havingperforated sides for the passage of the liquid. The pan K is filled withmaterial M-such as crushed coke, &c.for absorbing the organic matter andan antiseptic mixture for deodorizing. and disinfecting the liquidpassing through the pan. An elbow or other pipe N, leading from thelower portion of the chamber H, passes through an opening in the upperpart of the partition J, carrying away the clearer liquid in the bottomof that portion of the said chamber, any greasy particles of matterbeing retained in the chamber.

P designates a filtering device, consisting of two receptacles Q R, eachhaving perforated bottoms and one being of less depth than the other.The said receptacles have each an opening in its side, permitting theentrance of a horizontal portion of the pipe N, which leads into theinner receptacle Q. Between the bottoms of the receptacles a clarifyingor filtering material, as sand or magnetic iron ore, is placed, whichacts upon the liquid in the receptacles, so that it flows from Elie exitS in a comparatively harmless condilOl].

The manner of operating the device is as follows: The fec-ulent matterpassing through the pipe 13' is received in the vessel D, the solidmatter and the light greasy particles being retained therein, the liquidflowing through the perforated sides of the chamber D into the chamber Aof the tank A, from which it escapes through the perforations in thelower part of the diaphragm G into the disinfectant-chamber H, passingthrough the pan K, where the material M absorbs the organic mattertherein and the antiseptic disinfects the liquid, which latter, thenfreed of its skimmings, flows by the pipe Ninto the filtering-chamber,where it is filtered before its exit from the tank. lVhen the receiver Dis filled, it is lifted out and emptied and returned or another placedin its stead. The chamber A and the filtering-chamber are of 9 such sizerelatively to the receiver D and the filtering-pans, respectively, as topermit the removal and replacement of said receiver and pans and theirconnection with the pipes B and N without a removal of the said pipes.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a feculent receiver, a removable receptacle for solid matter,provided with a diaphragm and formed with perforations, as set forth, adiaphragm adjacent to the said receptacle and having lower perforations,and a removable disinfecting-receptacle with perforated side walls, saidsecond-named diaphragm being interposed between said receptacle forsolid matter and said disinfectingreceptacle, said parts being combinedsubstantially as described.

2. In a feculent receiver, a removable receptacle for solid matter,having perforations, as set forth, a removable disinfecting-recep taclewith perforated side Walls, and a perforated diaphragm interposedbetween said receptacle for solid matter and saiddisinfecting-receptacle, said parts being combined substantially asdescribed.

3. Afeculent receiver consisting of an outer tank or box, a removablereceptacle for solid matter, having a perforated side wall and adivisional perforated partition, a removable disinfecting-receiverhaving perforated side walls, a vertical perforated diaphragm apart fromand between said receptacles for solid matter and saiddisinfecting-receptacle, a filtering-chamber with filtering-panstherein, one within the other and each having openings in its bottom,filtering material being placed between said bottoms, and a pipe leadingfrom the outside of said pans into the in: ner one and communicatingwith the removable portion of the device, substantially as described.

the disinfecting chamber by a partitional wall, a chamber being formedbetween said Wall of the filtering-chamber and thedisinfecting-receptacle, and a pipe depending into the latter chamberand extending into the said filtering-chamber, substantially asdescribed.

6. A feculent receiver consisting of a removable receptacle for thesolid matter, having perforations in the side walls thereof, adiaphragm, as G, having perforations, a removable upright perforated panfor containing a disinfectant or dcodorizer, and a filtering-chamberhaving filtering-pans therein 10- I cated one within the other, providedwith perforated bottoms, between which is placed a filtering material,all of said parts being operatively arranged and connected,substantiallyas described.

FRANK M. MILLER.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM H. JOHNSON, A. TURNER.

